[plasticsoprano]

I was in SFO 2 weeks ago during a layover and overheard a guy talking about being on his way to Austin to do a final walkthrough of the house he was building there. As a Texan with with over 30 years of living in Austin under my belt I asked him how much time he's spent in Austin before building a home here. "A few days he said." I asked him if he's aware of the temp difference between SF, where he declared being born and raised, and Austin and his response was, "Yeah, but it's so much cheaper."

This was a week after eavesdropping on a man at a concert venue talking to someone about recently moving to Austin from SF and being stunned at how little there is to do here. How when he lived in SF he could easily get to the mountains and the beach and there were museums and events outside of Austin's limited music and BBQ scene.

All of that to say none of them are the brightest bunch. They move here because it's cheap and they visited during SXSW or ACL when it wasn't 120 degrees and they they thought "it's so cheap and fun here" without looking at the big picture.

[autotune]

They don't realize that outside of those festivals the music scene is mostly dead and has been replaced by comedy since the pandemic.

[paulydavis]

Lived in Austin 8 years. Music scene is great over on east 6th.